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Regardless of claiming to be on a social media break after his days-long meltdown on X, Ye simply needed to weigh in on Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl LIX efficiency, which he “actually cherished.” Taking to supervisor John Monopoly’s Instagram — since all of his personal accounts are both shadow banned or deactivated — the Chicago multihyphenate branded it his favourite Tremendous Bowl halftime present since Michael Jackson took the stage again in 1993.
“I form of simply barely keep in mind [Jackson’s halftime show]. I simply be seeing clips of it,” the “Can’t Inform Me Nothing” artist admitted earlier than segueing into Lamar’s “tremendous easy” spectacle. “The flag was contemporary. The best way they did ‘HUMBLE.,’ the way in which the heads had been transferring. I used to be simply shook. The person’s voice management and all that.”
It’s fascinating that Ye selected Lamar’s efficiency as his favourite, particularly contemplating all of the spectacular halftime exhibits from the previous decade. Most notably, Beyoncé took the stage in 2013, then Dr. Dre — whose setlist Lamar was additionally part of — in 2021, adopted by Usher in 2024.
Whereas most artists cycle via many years of hits for his or her appearances on the largest stage on this planet, Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl present felt extra like an extension of his shock sixth studio album, GNX. Because of this, the expertise seemingly left some longtime Okay Dot followers — who might have been hoping he would carry out hits from albums like To Pimp A Butterfly, good child, m.A.A.d metropolis and even Mr. Morale & The Huge Steppers — and others wanting extra.
“In fact, they construct up the controversy on whether or not he’s going to do the report,” Ye defined later within the submit, clearly speaking about “Not Like Us.” Lamar additionally packed his halftime present with loads of warmth, together with the aforementioned “HUMBLE.” and “DNA.,” in addition to GNX favorites just like the chart-topping “squabble up,” “luther” with SZA and “television off.”
As we have now seen a minimum of a dozen instances with Ye over the previous week, his reward for Lamar’s efficiency shortly spiraled into one thing else fully. The truth is, he spent the subsequent minute evaluating Drake to R. Kelly and plugging his Yeezy line. “[Kendrick] does this superb Tremendous Bowl efficiency, after which proper after, they are saying it’s the worst Tremendous Bowl efficiency,” the Donda artist mentioned. “They use Black individuals in opposition to one another, and after they’re completed with what their agenda is, they’re gonna kick you out.”